Bangor Daily News
Watchdog for $46 billion tribal gambling industry can't enforce the law without a chairperson
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — On opening day at the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma’s new Harrah’s-branded casino, the tribe’s chairman watched customers pack the gambling floor while a queue of cars spilled out…
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5m50-bed rehab hospital is opening in Bangor
It’s Encompass Health’s 178th hospital in the country, one of many recent additions that are part of a rapid expansion.
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5mCalifornia Supreme Court orders Riverside County sheriff to return 650,000 seized ballots
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special election on statewide […]
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4mGray Village Hardware named Maine’s 2026 HBSDealer All Star
Gray retailer recognized for service innovation, broad capabilities and commitment to meeting the needs of southern Maine GRAY — Gray Village Hardware has been selected as Maine’s 2026 Hardware All Star by Hardware + Building Supply Dealer magazine, earning recognition as one of just 50 independent home improvement businesses honored nationwide. The annual Hardware All […]
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6mICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on 'uninformed' detention projects, report finds
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies have wasted tens of millions of dollars pursuing ill-conceived plans to rapidly increase detention capacity, and the total will likely rise due to ongoing mismanagement, congressional investigators warned Thursday. The U.S. Government Accountability Office documented costly problems in several initiatives ICE has pursued since President Donald Trump […]
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2mXi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive in the coming days at Atlanta's zoo
ATLANTA (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington. China and the zoo had said in April that Ping Ping, a male, […]